Research and Development and Patents

Rosita Inc. incurred the following costs during 2016 and 2017:

1. Research and development costing $20,000 was conducted on a new product to sell in future years. A product was successfully developed, and a patent for it was granted during 2016. Rosita is unsure of the period benefited by the research, but believes the product will result in increased sales over the next five years.
2. Legal costs and application fees of $13,300 for the 20-year patent were incurred on January 1, 2016.
3. A patent infringement suit was successfully defended at a cost of $8,000. Assume that all costs were incurred on January 1, 2017.

Required:

Determine how the costs should be presented on Erin's financial statements as of December 31, 2016 and January 1, 2017. Also determine the amount of amortization of intangible assets that Rosita should record in 2016 and 2017.

	Appearing in Dec. 31, 2016 (after any applicable amortization)	Amount Reported
a. Research and development costs	Income statement as an expense
b. Patent legal and application costs	Balance sheet as an asset
	January 1, 2017
c. Patent infringement lawsuit	Balance sheet as an addition to an asset account

	Amount Reported
2016 intangible assets amortization
2017 intangible assets amortization